David "The Adventurer" Emerson Biography My name is David "The Adventurer" Emerson and I am a graphic artist from Connecticut. As the name suggests, I love adventures! Just last week I went mountain climbing with some of my friends. I first became really interested in hiking when my father, Joshua "The Original Adventurer" Emerson, took me to Case Mountain located at Manchester when I was seven years old on my birthday. It was a pretty easy climb (difficult for ...

Jessica Jones Biography Jessica Jones is Senior Coordinator of Citizen Science Programs for the National Wildlife Federation. She oversees Wildlife Watch, an education program that allows the public to report wildlife and natural phenomena sightings online. Visit www.nwf.org/watch or contact her at . Jessica received her Bachelor's degree in environmental science from the University of Maryland at College Park and her Master's in environmental education from NYU. Before working for NWF, Jessica managed the striped bass tag recovery ...

Greg Tanner Biography Greg Tanner originally hailed from Northern California but eventually found himself stuck in Salt Lake City, Utah. It turned out alright, however, since he is still close to an amazing array of parks, peaks, deserts and wilderness areas. Greg studied biology and geology in college but disappointed his family when he switched paths to a career in the media arts. A circuitous path its been, too, but for the last several years he has worked for ...

Bruce Bytnar Biography I retired in January 2008 following working more than 32 years as a National Park Ranger. I started my career as a seasonal interpreter conducting living history programs. Once a permanent employee, I worked as a commissioned law enforcement ranger, naturalist, wildland firefighter, resource manager, search and rescue manager, supervisor, and manager. My last position was as the Ridge District Ranger on the Blue Ridge Parkway. My interest in supporting and promoting national parks remains a ...

Bobby Magill Biography A South Carolina native, Bobby Magill writes from Fort Collins, Colorado, where he lives an hour away — and within view of — Rocky Mountain National Park.

Donna Childress Biography Donna Childress has been playing outside for most of her life. Her parents first took her to Shenandoah National Park to see the peaks and smell the rhododendrons at age 5. Since then, she has spent many happy hours in various parks hiking, running, taking pictures, and simply enjoying the peace and clarity that being surrounded by nature brings. When Donna is inside, she runs the business she founded in 2001, Childress Communications. A writer and ...

Sameeha Ghani Biography Sameeha Ghani is a web-designer, designing websites since 2006, and has three great loves traveling, searching and writing. S Ghani provides her services to http://www.kerala-honeymoon-packages.com/ Homepage: Kerala Honeymoon Packages

Willi Biography Montana Native. Wildland Firefighter. Mountaineer. Backpacker. Ultralighter. Committed to a Labrador.

Quang-Tuan Luong Biography Full-time photographer with a broad range of work in travel, nature, adventure, and large format photography. First (and only ?) to have photographed each of the 58 US National Parks in large format. Homepage: Terra Galleria Photography

Philip Markle Biography Hi! I'm an environmental scientist in southern CA. My work is mostly associated with freshwater aquatic life - yes, there are still some significant freshwater habitats in so CA, but not much. I have done some extensive back country hiking in and around Grand Canyon but have been spending most of my hiking time in recent years at the Mojave Preserve. I'm new to the group and welcome any feedback or contact. I look forward to ...

jan godown annino Biography Hullo park & preserve visitors. I was just enjoying Chokoloskee & Everglades City in far, far South Florida. (I Know, I know - summer!) So I would like to mention that I also send folks to other Florida national park sites in my book Scenic Driving Florida. One such gem is in the far northeast roof of the state, straddling both sides of the long & historic St. Johns River. This is the Timucuan Ecological ...

Ronal Kerbo Biography Retired from the NPS after 31 years. At the time of his retirement he was the Service's national cave and karst program coordinator and the acting director of the National Cave and Karst Research Institute. Currently an adjunct professor at Red Rocks Community College in Lakewood Colorado teaching a course titled “The Geology and Evolution of Caves.” Among many other speleological associations he is an Honorary Life Member and a Fellow of the National Speleological Society; ...

Bruce Gaugler Biography Not much to tell about myself in this venue, other than I am getting ready to start enjoying our National Parks in my coming retirement! Homepage: Facebook

Jacquie Weisblum Biography I'm the Everglades Team Leader for Audubon of Florida. As such, I'm responsible for managing and coordinating Audubon's Everglades restoration policy and science efforts. I currently serve on the South Florida Water Management District's (SFWMD) Water Resources Advisory Commission. Previously, Jacquie served on the SFWMD's Water Savings Incentive Program selection committee and the SFWMD's Water Conservation Summit stakeholders panel. In 2006, I graduated from the University of Miami where I earned both a J.D. from the ...

Andrea Keller Helsel Biography Andrea Keller Helsel is Senior Director, Media Relations for the nonprofit National Parks Conservation Association--the nation's leading voice for the national parks. An expert in advocacy and nonprofit communications, Andrea is accredited in public relations, and has earned a certificate in nonprofit management from Duke University and a B.A. in Communications from Loyola College in Maryland. An avid fan of our national parks (especially Acadia!), Andrea tweets at twitter.com/akellerhelsel

Kira Gale Biography I am the author of Lewis and Clark Road Trips: Exploring the Trail Across America, which features over 800 destinations. The eastern trail, as well as the southern trail (New Orleans and the Death of Meriwether Lewis) are included. There are many National Park Service sites, and Native American destinations. We traveled over 8,000 miles on the trail, and it took six years to write. It was published in 2006. The destinations are on facing pages ...

Kathryn Fristensky Biography National Park PAL (Patron, Admirer and Lover of the Parks)!! Follow me on Twitter: twitter.com/kfristensky

Preston Filbert Biography Preston tries to work a national park visit into every trip he makes. His friends joke that if you put "national" on an ice cream stand, he'd take a picture and ask for a brochure. Homepage: My Handicap Parking

David and Kay Scott Biography The two of us have traveled the national parks for nearly forty years, many of which were in a series of four VW campers including a 1967, a 1971, a 1978, and a 1987. We devoted five summers to visiting and staying in as many national park lodges as possible. Each trip comprised 10,000 to 12,000 miles of driving and stays in 30 to 40 different lodges. We have stayed in each of the ...

Chris Miller Biography Bio for Chris Homepage: http://www.trailheadinteractive.com

Dottie Biography

Jim Ireland Biography A career NPS employee, I recently left my position as Chief Ranger at Kenai Fjords NP in southcentral Alaska for a new assignment in the wilds of Washington D.C.

Dean Biography

Random Walker Biography : Random Walker gets less far than was anticipated on the basis of a Global Positioning System in which the map and compass were neglected: the mean squared displacement has decreased, and in other words, the diffusion constant of Random Walker is reduced. If, due to the presence of a large degree of disorder, the reduction due to GPS reaches the 100% level. Random Walker becomes stuck or, in more glorious terms, localized.

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Smoky Mtn Hiker Biography Homepage: HikingintheSmokys.com

Grandma Bev Biography Born in California, lived there all my life (third generation). Moved to Utah and now Pennsylvania. Took my horse with me. Wonderful country and spectacular parks everywhere!

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Mike Price Biography Male Age 62 Married with wife and 2 adult children Live in Fayetteville, PA email at I have a Facebook Page (Jan Michael Price) Retired Like to travel, fish, woodworking

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